The 2025/26 Dragons’ Apprentice Challenge, an initiative organised by Community Action Dacorum, concluded with an awards ceremony at The University of Hertfordshire. This year’s cohort of talented Year 12 students raised an impressive total of £28,943.20 for local charities, starting with initial seed funding of just £100 per team. The programme saw 17 teams from […]
Hertfordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Jonathan Ash-Edwards, has reappointed Chief Constable Andy Prophet following his completion of 30 years of pensionable service. Mr Prophet will sign a new five-year contract, committing him to serving as Hertfordshire’s most senior police officer. To comply with historic police pension regulations, Mr Prophet will step away from his role […]
The 2026 Great Big Green Week runs from 6-14 June and is a celebration of community action to protect nature and tackle climate change. There are nature hunts, sustainable gardening tips at Woods Garden Centre in the High Street, green-themed stories at Berkhamsted Library, and special green quiz rounds at Berkhamsted’s favourite pubs (The Bull […]
Anyone interested in books and writing is in for a treat at the 13th BeaconLit Book Festival, taking place in Marsworth Millennium Hall on Saturday 11 July. The event, which raises funds for Beacon Villages Community Library, has made a name for itself as a high quality festival with an intimate villagey atmosphere, loved by […]
Naomi MacKay watched the 50th anniversary tour of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo at Milton Keynes Theatre. On tonight only – Wednesday 3 June. Celebrating fifty years of irreverent brilliance, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo returned to the Milton Keynes stage last night with a show that demonstrated precisely why the company remains […]
Dacorum Borough Council in partnership with the organisers of Ideas Fest are offering a 60% discounted 1- or 2-day event ticket offer for anyone who lives or works in Dacorum. Ideas Fest – The Glastonbury for business – returns to Dacorum for its third year, at a new venue, Champneys Tring, on Wednesday 9 & […]
Every week for 15 years, under the floodlights of Ashlyns School in Berkhamsted, a ritual has unfolded so reliably that it has outlasted marriages, injuries, careers, and even the pub where its early legends were made. What began around 2008 as a few dads from Victoria Infants School trying to stay fit has grown into […]
Top tribute band Purple Zeppelin’s spectacular show, intensified by hypnotic surprises and light displays responding to the beat, landed on the Berkhamsted Civic Centre stage on 30 May. Lyn Drummond joined the theatrics. The band, Nigel Owens (vocals), Mark Dawson (guitar), Mike Harlow (bass and backing vocals) and Tom Mitchell (drums) formed in 2010. Mark […]
Hertfordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Jonathan Ash-Edwards, is asking for the views of local residents and businesses regarding proposals to merge police forces across England and Wales. In January, the Government confirmed its intention to significantly reduce the number of police forces, which could see the existing 43 forces combined into as few as 12 larger, regional forces, as […]
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? star Chris Tarrant talks to Tring resident Sam Westerby about the legendary television series, his latest book, For the Love of Bears, and his fondness for Tring. Chris presented game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? for 16 years with catchphrases such as ‘Do you want to phone […]
Berkhamsted school celebrates a quarter-century of its flagship fundraiser with an open afternoon of football, food and community spirit on Friday 12 June. St Thomas More Catholic Primary School in Berkhamsted is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its annual Footballathon this June – bringing together local schools, families, former pupils and the wider community for […]
Detectives have released images of stolen items of jewellery as they appeal for information following a business burglary in Berkhamsted. It was reported that around 3.40am on Saturday 18 April, an antiques store was broken in to on Berkhamsted High Street. Display cabinets were damaged and items of jewellery including rings, bracelets, earrings and necklaces […]